Magic Breaks Cover Not Reveal

I’ve come to the conclusion that there isn’t a cover in the world that you guys won’t complain about, send me emails about, demand changes to, and offer your own version of. Even the Innkeeper cover, which is gorgeous, has somehow displeased several of you. Next time you’ll get a blue rectangle with the title on it. ;P

I have Magic Breaks cover, but I am not revealing it. RT blog graciously agreed to take it off my hands. They will reveal it on October 31, I will post the link, and you can hate with the passion of a thousand suns over there, where I won’t have to look at it. 🙂 There, it has Curran on the cover.

Poor Curran. Kate really does put him through his paces.

“Don’t die on me.” He kissed my face, pulling off his jacket. “Don’t die on me.”

Hehehe. <—-Evil Author Laugh.

I think that’s why I like working on Avon book so much – the heroine is so different from Kate and it gives my brain a much needed break. Well, the magic goodness, new cast of side characters, and a fun new world helps too. Kate sees a giant world-devouring terrestrial octopus and gets her sword. Isabella has a family to take care of. She is pretty grounded.

I raised my hands in the air and backed away, toward the exit, making sure the camera in hotel lobby had me in plain view. Behind me the door hissed as Liz made a break for it.

“It’s over, Mr. Rutger. I’m not a threat.”

“You nosy bitch. You and that harpy are in it together.”

At the desk the concierge frantically mashed buttons on a phone.

If I were on my own, I’d turn and run. Some people stand their ground no matter what. In my line of work, a stint at the hospital, coupled with a bill that you can’t pay because you’re not working, cured that notion really fast. Given a chance, I ran like a rabbit. But I had to buy Liz time to get to her car.

Comments

I could care less about the book cover…It is the content that I care about. Yes I liked the covers for your books. But they aren’t what make me want to read your books. It is the promise of another adventure that draws me 🙂

Ditto This! Some of the covers I like better than others, but geez, it’s a cover, they are good, they make you think Urban Fantasy and pick up the book to check it out. That’s what they are supposed to do, not convey exactly to each reader what the individual reader thinks Kate and/or Curran should look like….

For the record, *I* liked the Innkeeper cover, and I think you’ve had better luck than most of the writers from my childhood. They had to get the near-nekkid gal being chased by the monster. Even when it made no sense…
The Kate covers aren’t cheesecake, which I’m sure you’d have been stuck with in the ’60s. I do occasionally miss the Frazetta covers on the old Conan reprints, though. heh…

I have to say, I really don’t care what the cover looks like, I only care about what the book is like and you guys have NEVER let me down on that point I always know with you it’s going to be good. As to the Innkeeper cover, I really like that cover and love the glow ghosting up the stick -very magical. By the way -evil author laugh- very much merited with the teasing snippet you put up there, I now really want to read the book 🙂

I’m sorry that people are so rude and selfish. I thought that the Innkeeper cover was gorgeous and the artist is truly talented. I’m sure that the Magic Breaks cover will be awesome and the story inside will more than awesome, as always.

the only thing i don’t like about covers is when the character on the cover doesn’t match the description in the book, i.e. blond on cover, redhead described in book……
thank you for the goodies
beautiful fall day in Montana after fog in the morning.

The only image that could please all the people all the time would probably be beige. Or maybe a white elephant eating marshmallows in a snow storm? Seems to be another impact of social media on the creative process. Twenty years ago, would any of us have thought about complaining to authors about their covers? Although, I do remember seeing best seller displays of the same book in a variety of different colored covers. Still seems silly.

You wrote so eloquently in the blog about how the act of reading a book is a creative partnership between author and reader. If we don’t like your cover, it’s incumbent on us to conjure up our own design. For those of us who can’t manage that, there are always graphic novels.

I am picky about my covers. I would not email an author and complain about one, however. That is incredibly rude, IMO.

I spent 4 years in classes where 20 of us were drawing or painting the same model or setup. Our masterpieces always came out 20 different ways. It never ceases to amaze me how different our perceptions can be. And that’s a good thing.

I’m sorry people are giving you crap over this. Personally, I tend to like your covers. Even if I didn’t though, considering how album covers became less relevant as they made the switch to smaller and then strictly digital medium, it seems that covers on books would be something people would fret over less rather than more. I know that since I’ve switched to using a Nook for my reading needs I don’t even tend to look at the cover. And sometimes I set them so the title page is used for the cover.

Do you understand how awful is to be KD addict ?
It’s really hard to wait .Then I try to find something to read. So many books are out there .And with awesome covers. Then you try to read them and its disappointment after disappointment.
So the cover isnt everything.

I have an ereader, so covers don’t make much of a difference to me. But if, for some reason, I think I don’t like it, I stare at it for a while, find something awesome about it, then all of a sudden, it’s amazing. I am easy to please. 🙂 The thing about the covers that mainly draws my attention is the color coordination. I like to see how artists put colors together.

If it says “Ilona Andrews” on cover I will love it. Admittedly some covers are nicer than others – you’ve discussed attractive covers at length in another post – but all covers lead to content and as we all know, content is king. Especially Ilona Andrews content!

Side note: The Clean Sweep cover was gorgeous, I hope you do print books with art. Sign me up for the wait list, I can’t wait!

Can you tell us what is the name of the model for magic rises cover? Because, though she might seem a little to slender for a kickass, I think her face is perfect for Kate’s brand of crazy. And her eyes… Just like you described her in one the books, are impossible to pinpoint her origins, even middle east including. I love it.

People are ridiculous to complain about the covers to you. If it is what you, the author, loves then it should be that cover. It’s getting to the point where people are too free with their opinions and expect you to take their opinions into consideration on something that they should have not have a say in to begin with.

I am sure whatever the cover is that it will be great. Thank you for your hard work on writing these and please continue to write! I cannot wait to read the new works. – Crystal